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Shake the cloud from off your brow - No.1, Song and Chorus
      from Act I of the English opera, Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
      Libretto : Nahum Tate

• Role : Belinda, Dido's maid
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric soprano|soubrette
• Setting : Dido's palace, Ancient Carthage
• Range : D#/Eb4 to G5. Tessitura : G4 to D#/Eb5
• Synopsis : Belinda tries to cheer up Dido, asking her to wipe the sad look from off of her face and think of all the good things she has
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz. Italian translation by Ugo Berardi.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #33786 (Oxford). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Ah Belinda! - No.2
      from Act I of the English opera, Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
      Libretto : Nahum Tate

• Role : Dido, Queen of Carthage
• Voice Part : soprano|mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo|lyric soprano
• Setting : Dido's palace, Ancient Carthage
• Range : C4 to F5. Tessitura : D4 to D#/Eb5
• Synopsis : Dido tells Belinda that she is tormented by something that she will not tell her.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #33786 (Oxford). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Pursue thy conquest, love - No. 10
      from Act I of the English opera, Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
      Libretto : Nahum Tate

• Role : Belinda, Dido's maid
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric soprano|soubrette
• Setting : Dido's palace, Ancient Carthage
• Range : E4 to F5. Tessitura : G4 to E5
• Synopsis : Belinda sees that Dido has fallen in love with Aeneas and asks Love to continue on with its conquest.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz. Italian translation by Ugo Berardi.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #33786 (Oxford). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Thanks to these lonesome vales - No. 18, Song and Chorus
      from Act II of the English opera, Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
      Libretto : Nahum Tate

• Role : Belinda, Dido's maid
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric soprano|soubrette
• Setting : A countryside near Dido's palace, Ancient Carthage
• Range : G#/Ab4 to G5. Tessitura : A5 to F5
• Synopsis : Belinda sings of the surrounding countryside's beauty.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #33786 (Oxford). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Oft she visits this lov'd moutain - No. 19
      from Act II of the English opera, Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
      Libretto : Nahum Tate

• Role : Dido's attendant,
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : soubrette
• Setting : A countryside near Dido's palace, Ancient Carthage
• Range : G4 to D5. Tessitura : A5 to F5
• Synopsis : Dido's attendant sings of the legend of Diana, who turned a man who saw here bathing into a deer.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz. Italian translation by Ugo Berardi.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #33786 (Oxford). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Haste, haste to town - No. 21, Song and Chorus
      from Act II of the English opera, Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
      Libretto : Nahum Tate

• Role : Belinda, Dido's maid
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric soprano|soubrette
• Setting : A countryside near Dido's palace, Ancient Carthage
• Range : D4 to G5. Tessitura : D4 to F5
• Synopsis : It begins to rain and Belinda exclaims that everyone should get to shelter.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz. Italian translation by Ugo Berardi.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #33786 (Oxford). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Come away, fellow sailors - No. 23, Song and Chorus
      from Act III of the English opera, Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
      Libretto : Nahum Tate

• Role : A sailor,
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : tenor leggiero
• Setting : The Ancient Carthage docks
• Range : F4 to G5. Tessitura : G4 to F5
• Synopsis : A sailor tells the rest of his sailor friends to come back to their ship.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz. Italian translation by Ugo Berardi.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #33786 (Oxford). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Our next motion - No. 26
      from Act III of the English opera, Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
      Libretto : Nahum Tate

• Role : The Sorceress, An evil sorceress
• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Setting : The Ancient Carthage docks
• Range : F4 to G5. Tessitura : F4 to F5
• Synopsis : The sorceress tells of her plans to sink Aeneas's ship.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz. Italian translation by Ugo Berardi.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #33786 (Oxford). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Dido's Lament (When I am laid) - No. 31
      from Act III of the English opera, Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
      Libretto : Nahum Tate

• Role : Dido, Queen of Carthage
• Voice Part : soprano|mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo|lyric soprano
• Setting : Dido's palace, Ancient Carthage
• Range : G4 to G5. Tessitura : G4 to D5
• Synopsis : With Aeneas gone back to Rome and Dido dying of grief, Dido asks for Belinda to remember her when she is dead.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Robert Glaubitz. Italian translation by Ugo Berardi.
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #33786 (Oxford). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.